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Pleuronodoceras anshunense

Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Pleuronodoceratidae

Taxonomy
Pleuronodoceras anshunense was named by Zheng (1981). Its type specimen is NIGP 34449 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jiaozishan Section Bed 26 (AJ-44), Anshun County, which is in a Changhsingian offshore mudstone in China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. compactum, P. curviplicatum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Pleuronodoceras anshunense Zheng p. 111 figs. Pl 3, figs 5-7; text-fig 5
2002Pleuronodoceras anshunense Leonova

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
RankNameAuthor
subclassAmmonoidea()
orderCeratitidaHyatt 1884
suborderParaceltitinaShevyrev 1968
superfamilyXenodiscoidea(Frech 1902)
familyPleuronodoceratidae
genusPleuronodocerasZhao and Liang 1965
speciesanshunense

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell diameter344.038.254.740.88.87

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektonico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:33:06
Modified: 2005-10-06 16:36:47
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Changhsingian or 254.14000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guizhou) Pleuronodoceras anshunense (111986 type locality: 111989)